The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection by Francine Stock, Joan Bakewell

Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook runs 14.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Francine Stock and Julian Clary and others (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.2listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection is an audiobook by Francine Stock, Joan Bakewell and Matthew Parris: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Francine Stock, Julian Clary and Joan Bakewell and others, released August 5, 2021, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.2 hrs
Narrated by
Francine Stock, Julian Clary, Joan Bakewell, Mark Gatiss, Matthew Parris, Alan Davies
Released
August 5, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781529141467

How to listen to Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook?

Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is the Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection?

Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection is narrated by Francine Stock, Julian Clary, Joan Bakewell and Mark Gatiss and others.

Is Great Entertainers' Lives: A BBC biography collection worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.